CTNF 18/440,165 CTNF 85289 DETAILED ACTION This is in response to Applicant’s election of Group I (claims 1-5) dated 4/21/26 in response to a restriction requirement. Claims 1-5 and 21-35 have been examined. Claims 6-21 have been cancelled. Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA. In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102 07-07-aia AIA 07-07 The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action: A person shall be entitled to a patent unless – 07-08-aia AIA (a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention. 07-15 AIA Claim (s) 1-5 and 21-35 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102( a)(1 ) as being unpatentable by Rico Alvarino et al. (US 2018/0098357; included in IDS) hereafter Rico . Regarding Claim 1, A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising: memory; and one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to: receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) order downlink control information (DCI) that is for transmission of a physical random access channel (PRACH) message to a candidate cell [Rico: 0171; Operations 1700 may begin at 1702 where the UE monitors for a first PDCCH order for a first PRACH transmission; the first PDCCH order may trigger the UE to transmit the first PRACH; the UE may monitor for one or more predetermined DCI formats for the first PDCCH order; the PDCCH order may include at least resource allocation information for the PRACH transmission]; and transmit the PRACH message with a transmit power that is based at least in part on whether the PDCCH order DCI applies to an initial transmission or a retransmission [Rico: 0172; at 1704, the UE may determine a transmit power for the first PRACH transmission ; in one aspect, the UE may determine the transmit power based on an indicator received in the first PDCCH order ; for example, the resource allocation information (of the first PDCCH order) may include at least power control information for the PRACH transmission; the power control information may indicate at least one of a number of allowed attempts (e.g., preambleTransMax) for transmitting/repeating PRACH or an amount of transmission power to use for each PRACH attempt ; the power control indicator (in the first PDCCH order) may indicate an absolute power control value or a power control value relative to one or more power control values for one or more previous PRACH transmissions]. Regarding Claim 2, wherein the PDCCH order DCI includes a bit or value that indicates whether the PDCCH order DCI applies to an initial transmission or a retransmission [Rico: 0172; the power control information may indicate at least one of a number of allowed attempts (e.g., preambleTransMax) for transmitting/repeating PRACH or an amount of transmission power to use for each PRACH attempt ; the power control indicator (in the first PDCCH order) may indicate an absolute power control value or a power control value relative to one or more power control values for one or more previous PRACH transmissions; in one aspect, the UE may determine the transmit power based on a retransmission index of the first PRACH transmission; for example, the UE may increase the transmission power for each PRACH attempt in accordance with a power ramp that is based in part on the retransmission index of the PRACH; 0178; the UE may receive (at 1702) an order (e.g., PDCCH order) or grant within downlink control information (DCI) that indicates the number of attempts ; in some cases, the number of attempts may be fixed to 1; additionally or alternatively, in one aspect, the order or grant within the DCI may include the power control value (e.g., amount of transmission power) to use for each PRACH transmission ; such power control value may be an absolute power control value (e.g., a power control value, such as 10 dB, etc., relative to an open loop power control value) or a relative power control value (e.g., a value relative to one or more power control values for one or more previous PRACH transmissions) (e.g., cumulative across different triggers); in some cases, the power control indicator may have a sufficient number of bits (e.g., 3-4 bits) to allow for larger power control adjustments]. Regarding Claim 3, wherein the transmit power is set for a retransmission based at least in part on the PDCCH order DCI being received within a time window associated with a previous PDCCH order DCI, or set for an initial transmission based at least in part on the PDCCH order DCI being received outside of the time window [Rico: 0175; the UE may monitor for a RAR after transmitting the first PRACH and, if the RAR is not detected, monitor for another (e.g., second) PDCCH order instead of automatically repeating the PRACH transmission according to the number of attempts in the first PDCCH order; once the second PDCCH order is received, the UE may transmit a second PRACH (e.g., associated with the second PDCCH order) with the increased power (determined from the second PDCCH order)]. Note: Receipt of RAR or lack thereof after transmitting first PRACH specifies a time window associated with a first PDCCH order. A second PDCCH order is awaited in this time window. Regarding Claim 4, wherein a start of the time window is based at least in part on a previous PRACH message transmission time scheduled by the previous PDCCH order DCI [Rico: 0175; the UE may monitor for a RAR after transmitting the first PRACH and, if the RAR is not detected, monitor for another (e.g., second) PDCCH order instead of automatically repeating the PRACH transmission according to the number of attempts in the first PDCCH order; once the second PDCCH order is received, the UE may transmit a second PRACH (e.g., associated with the second PDCCH order) with the increased power (determined from the second PDCCH order)]. Note: Receipt of RAR or lack thereof after transmitting first PRACH specifies a time window associated with a first PDCCH order. A second PDCCH order is awaited in this time window. Regarding Claim 5, wherein a start of the time window is based at least in part on a reception time of the previous PDCCH order DCI [Rico: 0175; the UE may monitor for a RAR after transmitting the first PRACH and, if the RAR is not detected, monitor for another (e.g., second) PDCCH order instead of automatically repeating the PRACH transmission according to the number of attempts in the first PDCCH order; once the second PDCCH order is received, the UE may transmit a second PRACH (e.g., associated with the second PDCCH order) with the increased power (determined from the second PDCCH order)]. Note: Receipt of RAR or lack thereof after transmitting first PRACH specifies a time window associated with a first PDCCH order. A second PDCCH order is awaited in this time window. Regarding Claim 21 (New), wherein the PDCCH order DCI includes a bit or value that applies only to the PRACH message triggered for the same candidate cell and/or same synchronization signal block [Rico: 0178; according to certain aspects, the UE may receive (e.g., at 1702) an explicit indication from the BS of the number of allowable PRACH attempts and/or power control values to use for each PRACH attempt; in some cases, the power control indicator may have a sufficient number of bits (e.g., 3-4 bits) to allow for larger power control adjustments]. Regarding claims 22-26, which recite the same claim limitations as those in claims 1-5, the same rationale of rejection as presented in claims 1-5 is applicable. Regarding claims 27-32, which recite the same claim limitations as those in claims 1-5 and 21, the same rationale of rejection as presented in claims 1-5 and 21 is applicable. Regarding claims 33-35, which recite the same claim limitations as those in claims 1-3, the same rationale of rejection as presented in claims 1-3 is applicable . Conclusion 07-96 AIA The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure. See Mariner et al. (TW 201347423) . Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the examiner should be directed to SAAD A WAQAS whose telephone number is (571)270-5642. The examiner can normally be reached 8:30 - 5:00 PM. Examiner interviews are available via telephone, in-person, and video conferencing using a USPTO supplied web-based collaboration tool. To schedule an interview, applicant is encouraged to use the USPTO Automated Interview Request (AIR) at http://www.uspto.gov/interviewpractice. If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner’s supervisor, Marcus Smith can be reached at (571) 270-1096. 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